Each sewerage service charge or surcharge levied pursuant to this article shall be a debt due the City and shall be a lien upon the property and if the same is not paid within thirty days after it shall be due and payable, it shall be deemed delinquent and may be recovered by civil action in the name of the City against the property owner and or the user of such service. In event of failure to pay the sewerage service charge or surcharges after they become delinquent, the Sanitary Board o4 its duly authorized representative shall be authorized to remove or close the sewer connection and shall have the right to enter upon the property for such purpose and to take such steps as may be necessary to accomplish such removal or closing. The expense of such removal or closing, as well as the expense of restoring any such service, shall likewise be a debt due the City and a lien upon the property and may be recovered by civil action in the name of the City against the property owner and or the user of the service, or such sewage service shall not again be turned on, nor the sewage connection restored until all service charges, including the expense of removal, closing and restoration shall have been paid. Change of ownership or occupancy of premises found delinquent shall not be cause for reducing or eliminating these penalties.
(1969 Code §22-42)